Trial of Morohashi's Dai Kan-Wa jiten (大漢和辞典) on JapanKnowledge

April 1, 2021

Princeton users now have trial access to Morohashi's Dai Kan-Wa jiten (大漢和辞典) on JapanKnowledge from April 1 to April 30.
To use the dictionary, please login to JapanKnowledge Lib via (https://library.princeton.edu/resource/3884, and find Dai Kan-Wa jiten under "すべての辞典" or ”検索コンテンツー日本語​”
The web version of Dai Kan-Wa jiten will be released in two phases: phase 1 in 2021 and Phase 2 in 2023. Basic search and advanced search are available in the phase 1.


<Available functions in the phase 1>
Basic search for 50,000 entry characters (親字)
Combined search by parent character, Dai Kan-Wa number (大漢和番号), radical (部首), total number of strokes (総画数) and components (部品) .

Cross-search with other dictionaries in JapanKnowledge such as Nihon rekishi chimei taikei, Kokushi Daijiten, Kadokawa kogo daijiten, Sekai daihyakka jiten, Kadokawa Nihon chimei daijiten, and Shinpen Kokka taikan.


<Note>
You can find manuals in the "資料​" on the bottom of the interface.
“Vocabulary search” (語彙検索) will be developed in the near future.

Please contact our Japanese Studies Librarian Setsuko Noguchi (snoguchi@princeton.edu) with any questions or comments on the database.

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